Horseshoe-pad



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARK A. WELLS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HORSES-HOE-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,899, dated April 5, 1881. Application filed February 17, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARK A. WELLS, a citizen of the United States, resident at Boston, in the county of Sufi'olk and State of Massachusctts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Pads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanyingdraw- .ings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in whichr5 Figure 1 is a top view of the pad.

a bottom view thereof. nal section.

Fig. 2 is Fig. 3 is a longitudi- Fig. 4 is a transverse section.

This invention relates to pads for horse shoes.

- The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described, an (I particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents a horseshoe-pad made of india-ruboer.

This pad consists of a flange, a, to receive the shoe, and a body,- B, to come inside of the shoe. On its upper side this pad has the deber, and made secure.

pression l, to receive the frog of the foot, and is covered with a piece of canvas or duck, L, nearly or quite its whole extent. The flange 0 a, on the under side, where the shoe comes, is recessed out at the heels k, as shown at h, and strips h of canvas are applied to the under face of the flange a, at the heels, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. In thescrecesses are placed 3 5 strips of canvas, or canvas coated with rub- This pad is placed between the foot and the shoe, and the latter is nailed on.

The canvas L allows of ample ventilation of the foot, and the strips h,coming where there is most friction, take the wear, and can be replaced when worn.

What 1 claim is A pad for a horseshoe, made of india-rub- 5 her, and having a piece of canvas on the top, and strips of the same upon the under side, at the heels, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARK A. WELLS.

Witnesses:

W. H. BADLAM, Pnns'oor'r BIGELOW. 

